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David Stahel, “Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany’s Winter Campaign, 1941-1942” (FSG, 2019)
David Stahel
Retreat from Moscow
A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019

New Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books Network March 27, 2020 Ryan Stackhouse

Germany’s winter campaign of 1941–1942 is commonly seen as the Wehrmacht’s first defeat. In Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany’s Winter Campaign, 1941-1942 (FSG, 2019), David Stahel argues that it was in fact their first strategic success in the east. The mismanaged Soviet Counteroffensive became a phyrric victory as... Read More
Ezequiel Mercau, “The Falklands War: An Imperial History” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Ezequiel Mercau
The Falklands War
An Imperial History
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society March 25, 2020 Charles Coutinho

The Falklands War was in many ways the defining event in the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. In many ways it was also the last roar of the British Lion. An event shrouded in both nostalgia and patriotism, at the time and subsequently. In his book, The Falklands War: An Imperial... Read More
The Origins of World War One

The Origins of World War One
A Discussion with Jeremy Black
New Books Network, 2020

Arguing HistoryNew Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network March 12, 2020 Charles Coutinho

Who or what originated and/or caused the Great War from breaking out in July 1914? Was it Serbia with its expansionist and aggressive designs on Austria-Hungary? Was it Austria-Hungary itself, unnecessarily plunging itself and the rest of Europe in a futile effort to keep together its tottering Monarchy? Was it... Read More
Jamie L. H. Goodall, “Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars” (The History Press, 2020)
Jamie L. H. Goodall
Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay
From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars
The History Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in the American SouthNew Books Network March 11, 2020 Rob Denning

The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates, the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are... Read More
Steve Vogel, “Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation” (Custom House, 2019)
Steve Vogel
Betrayal in Berlin
The True Story of the Cold War's Most Audacious Espionage Operation
Custom House, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies March 11, 2020 Porter Blackburn

In his new book Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation (Custom House, 2019), Steve Vogel tells the astonishing true story of the Berlin Tunnel, one of the West’s greatest espionage operations of the Cold War—and the dangerous Soviet mole who betrayed it.... Read More
Aimée Fox, “Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in the British Army, 1914-1918” (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Aimée Fox
Learning to Fight
Military Innovation and Change in the British Army, 1914-1918
Cambridge University Press, 2017

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network March 5, 2020 Charles Coutinho

Learning, innovation and adaptation are not concepts that we necessarily associate with the British Army of the First World War. Yet the need to learn from mistakes, to exploit new opportunities and to adapt to complex and novel situations are always necessary. Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in... Read More
Kathy Peiss, “Information Hunters” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Kathy Peiss
Information Hunters
When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network March 4, 2020 Natasha Margulis

While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. Galvanized by the events of war into acquiring and... Read More

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